Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Acceptance and healing / Randall C. Mason, Jr. [and others] -- Crisis intervention in orthopedic surgery--empirical evidence of the effectiveness of a chaplain working with surgery patients / John L. Florell -- Prediction of results in open heart surgery / Mitchell Mills [and others] -- Spiritual support in life threatening illness / Bernard Spilka, John D. Spangler, & Constance B. Nelson -- Spirituality and well-being in terminally ill hospitalized adults / Pamela G. Reed -- Positive therapeutic effects of intercessory prayer in a coronary care unit population / Randolph C. Byrd -- God help me: (1): religious coping efforts as predictors of the outcomes to significant negative life events / Kenneth I. Pargament [and others]

Religious belief, depression, and ambulation status in elderly women with broken hips / Peter Pressman [and others] -- Organ donation and hospital chaplains / William R. DeLong -- Health locus of control and helpfulness of prayer / Theresa L. Saudia ... [et al. -- Religious perspectives of doctors, nurses, patients and families / Harold G. Koenig [and others] -- Identifying the spiritually needy patient: the role of demographics / Larry VandeCreek -- Coping with breast cancer: the roles of clergy and faith / Sarah C. Johnson & Bernard Spilka -- Contributions of religious experience to psychological and physical well-being: research evidence and an explanatory model / Jared Kass -- Spiritual well-being, religiousness and hope among women with breast cancer / Jacqueline R. Mickley, Karen Soeken, & Anne Belcher

Spiritual well-being: a predictor of hardiness in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome / Verna Benner Carson & Harry Green -- Religious coping and depression among elderly hospitalized medically ill men / Harold G. Koenig [and others] -- Assessment of pastoral needs among medical outpatients / Larry VandeCreek, Susan Benes, & Christina Nye -- Factors associated with meaning in life among people with recurrent cancer / Elizabeth Johnston Taylor -- The DRG era: a major opportunity for increased pastoral care impact or a crisis for survival? / Elisabeth McSherry & William A. Nelson

The impact of chaplaincy services in selected hospitals in the eastern United States / Kurt H. Parkum -- Supplier-induced demand for pastoral care services in the general hospital: a natural experiment / John Gartner [and others] -- Patient and family perceptions of hospital chaplains / Larry VandeCreek [and others]

xi, 378 pages ; 23 cm

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